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UN Admits Its Climate Change Program Could Threaten Indigenous Peoples

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From: EARTH PEOPLES

UN Admits Its Climate Change Program Could Threaten Indigenous Peoples

Sept. 27, 2008 – On the third day of the General Assembly’s 63rd Session, the
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the Prime Minister of Norway
launched the United Nations REDD program, a collaboration of FAO, UNDP, UNEP and
the World Bank.

The inclusion of forests in the carbon market, or REDD (Reducing Emissions from
Deforestation and Degradation) has caused anxiety, protest and outrage throughout
the world since it was created at the failed climate change negotiations in Bali and
funded by the World Bank.
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Current Greenhouse Gas Emissions Shock Scientists

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“Meanwhile, forests and oceans, which suck up carbon dioxide, are
doing so at lower rates, scientists said.”

“Richard Moss, vice president and managing director for climate
change at the World Wildlife Fund, said …”We should be worried —
really worried.”

“Things are happening very, very fast,” Le Quere told the Associated
Press. “It’s scary.”
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http://www.latimes.com/news/science/environment/la-na-warming26-2008sep26,0,6690604.story
Los Angeles Times
September 26, 2008

Greenhouse gas emissions shock scientists
Carbon dioxide output is rising rather than falling, despite efforts
to curb it. ‘It’s scary,’ one researcher says.

WASHINGTON – The world pumped up emissions of the chief
human-produced global warming gas last year, setting a course that
could push beyond leading scientists’ projected worst-case scenario,
international researchers said Thursday.

The new numbers, which some scientists called “scary,” were a
surprise because experts thought an economic downturn would slow
energy use. Instead, carbon dioxide output rose 3% from 2006 to 2007.
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Call to Protect Native Sacred Spaces

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From the Western Shoshone Defense Project:

Call to Protect Native Sacred Spaces

—–Original Message—–
From: First Peoples Human Rights Coalition
To: info@firstpeoplesrights.org
Sent: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 8:44 am
Subject: USA: Call to protect Native sacred places

From the Call to Action below: “Article 12 of the Declaration [United
Nations Declaration on
the Rights of Indigenous Peoples] affirms20that “Indigenous peoples have
the right to manifest, practice, develop and teach their spiritual and
religious traditions, customs and ceremonies and the right to maintain,
protect, and have access in privacy to their religious and cultural
sites.” .

“Tribal Nations and Native rights organizations are aware of hundreds of
threatened sacred places throughout the US and are highlighting two
critical threatened sacred places as evidence for immediate political
action: The Medicine Lake Highlands located in California and the San
Francisco Peaks located in Northern Arizona.”
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Please fax a brief letter to Senate Indian Affairs Committee urging that
a hearing be held on these issues as soon as possible. The Committee fax
number is 202-228-2589.
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FALSE SOLUTION: Forests, Logging, Biomass, & Wood-Fired Power

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FALSE SOLUTION: Forests, Logging, Biomass, & Wood-Fired Power

forwarded News Release: TreeHugger

US Forest Products Industry Nervous About Biomass-Fueled Generators :
TreeHugger

Wood-Fired Electricity; What’s Not To Like?

Create new incentives for a massive industry to compete for a primary
natural resource – trees in this case – and costs for existing
consumers of trees will go up, as will adverse environmental impacts.
Check out the title of this news release which appeared today on PR
Newswire: New RISI Biomass Study Finds Government Renewable Energy
Mandates Would Lead to Unsustainable Harvests Via:Yahoo
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